List of people from Slough, Berkshire

This is a list of notable people who are current or former residents of the town of Slough in the English county of Berkshire.

*Cecil Aldin (painter of animals and rural life)
*Gerry Anderson (television drama maker and creator of supermarionation)
*Stanley Baldwin (schoolboy at St Michael's School, Aldin House and later Prime Minister) [p93, "The History of Slough", Maxwell Fraser, Slough Corporation, Slough 1973]
*Steve Bell (political cartoonist)
*Richard Bentley ("Bentley's", the publishing firm) [ [http://www.thamespilot.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=slough&f=generic_theme.htm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&%3Dtheme_record_id=sl-sl-richardbentley Richard Bentley ] ]
*Keith Bosley (poet and translator)
*Fenner Brockway (anti-war activist and politician)
*Isambard Kingdom Brunel (engineer)
*Jimmy Carr (comedian)
*Frank Carterfact|date=February 2008 (Real Name - Chris Carter, vocals for a band named Gallows)
*Alma Cogan (singer, former pupil at St Joseph's School)
*Gregory Edwards (musician)
*Rod Evans (original lead Singer of Deep Purple)
*Tommy Farr (boxer)
*Sean Foley (comedian) [ [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1644941,00.html Where you're smiling | | guardian.co.uk Arts ] ]
*Ricky Gervais (as David Brent) (actor/comedian)
*Thomas Gray (English poet, classical scholar, and professor of history)
*Geri Halliwell (entertainer)
*Victoria (Hanover) (monarch)
*Caroline Herschel (astronomer)
*John Herschel (mathematician and astronomer)
*William Herschel (astronomer and composer)
*Mark Hylton (Olympic athlete)
*Alan Johnson (former Slough postal worker, Cabinet minister)
*Simon Kernick (author)
*Iain Lee (entertainer)
*Marian McPartland (jazz pianist)
*Forrest Mars Sr. (entrepreneur)
*Fiona May (twice world long jump champion)
*John Nash (painter)
*Gary Numan (musician)
*Henry III (Plantagenet) (monarch)
*Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall (Plantagenet) (Royal aristocrat)
*Marcia Richardson (Olympic athlete)
*Mark Richardson (Olympic athlete)
*Helen Sharman (scientist and astronaut)
*Kalim Siddiqui (journalist and Muslim activist)
*Billy Smart, Jr (circus owner)
*Una Stubbs (actress)
*Ellen Ternan (actress)
*Robert Watson-Watt (scientist)
*Vic Woodley (footballer)

Deaths and funerals in Slough

*Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (World War II military commander) died at Wexham Park Hospital in 1969.
*Brian Connolly (singer with 1970s group The Sweet) died at Wexham Park Hospital in 1997.
*Ronnie Kray (East End gangster) died in Wexham Park Hospital in 1995..
*Peter Osgood (footballer) died while attending his uncle's funeral in Slough.
*Princess Margaret (Windsor) was cremated at Slough Crematorium.
*Ernie Wise (comedian) died at Wexham Park Hospital in 1999, and was cremated at Slough Crematorium.

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